Quiz on General Knowledge 2010 - 55

1.      In which state the first ever Railway Line (Rangpo-Sivok) has started?

a)Meghalaya    b)Arunachal Pradesh    c)Tripura   d)Manipur   e)Sikkim

2.      The second International Exhibition and Conference on Civil Aviation, India Aviation 2010 is held at _________?

a)Bangalore     b)Hyderabad     c)Chennai    d)Delhi    e)Mumbai

3.      Who has been named for India’s top science award in recognition of his distinguished services to the country?

a)S.N Bose    b)S Ramunujan    c)G.N Ramachandran    d)C R Rao    e)None

4.      Government has approved for setting up of Indian Community welfare fund(ICWF) in 18 Indian Missions. Which of the following is true regarding ICWF?

a)The fund is aimed for helping only Overseas Indians

b)The fund will have budgetary support of 480 lakhs for three years

c)It provide emergency medical care, air passage to stranded workers

d)Both b & c.

e)All of the above

5.      The Panchayati Raj System was first started in which state?

a)Kerala    b)Rajasthan   c)Uttar Pradesh    d)Tamilnadu    e)Gujarat

6.      Raman Magsaysay Award is given in the field __________?

a)Community Leadership   b)Government service     c)Public service    d)Journalism    e)All of these

7.      The Wholesale Price Index (WPI) Inflation for all commodities soared to ____percent in December 2009?

a)1.25    b)5.52    c)7.31   d)8.56    e)none of these

8.      Currently, India's trade with the ASEAN economies stands at _____ billions?

a)$10    b)$20    c)$30   d)$44  e)$50

9.      Which of the following has received the Prime Minister's Trophy for emerging as the best performing steel plant in the country for the years 2006-07 and 2007-08?

a)Bhilai Steel Plant     b)Tata Steel    c)Arcelor mittal    d)Vizag Steel   e)Essar Steel

10. Which Chief Minister conferred the Polio Champion award for his support and encouragement in endorsing polio immunization programme?

a)K Rosiah    b)M Karunanidhi    c)Nitish Kumar   d)Narendra Modi   e)Sheila Dikshit

11. Recently Bharti Airtel has acquired the ________ based Zain telecom for $10.7 billions?

a)UAE     b)South Africa      c)Kuwait    d)Dubai     e)none of these

12. Former National Security Adviser(NSA) MK Narayanan has become the new governor of _______________?

a)Jharkhand    b)West Bengal    c)Chhattisgarh   d)Bihar    e)Andhra Pradesh

13. Who won the 2010 Australian Open Men’s Title?

a)Del Potro     b)Rafael Nadal     c)Roger Federer   d)Novak Djokovic  e)none of these

14. Which Indian State became the first in the country to issue solar tariff order in January 2010?

a)Gujarat   b)Maharashtra    c)Punjab    d)Rajasthan   e)Andhra Pradesh

15. Which film has adjudged the best film in the 56^th National film awards?

a)Fashion     b)Jodha Akbar      c)Rock On    d)Antaheen   e)Kanchivaram

16. Recently India successfully test fired Astra Missile. Astra is a _________?

a)Surface-to-Surface    b)Surface-to-Air    c)Air-to Air   d)Air-to-Surface    e)None

17. Who is the new Disinvestment Secretary?

a)Sunil Mitra    b)P V Bhide    c)R S Pandey   d)Sunderasan    e)Sumit Bose

18. Who among the following is not a winner of 2009 Padma Vibhusan awards?

a)Ebrahim Alkazi     b)Y V Reddy    c)V Ramakrishnan    d)Prathap Chandra Reddy    e)B K Chaturvedhi

19. A/c to a UN report, _____ percent of world’s oral language will disappear within the next 100 years?

a)40     b)55     c)75      d)90    e)95

20. Which country recorded the highest number of polio cases in 2009?

a)India    b)China     c)Sudan    d)Kenya    e)South Africa

Bank of India GK Paper 2010

1.      WTO summit held in- Geneva.

2.      Not related to Food items– Jute.

3.      Miss Earth 2009 – Larissa Ramos.

4.      Book by Chetan Bhagat – 2 states.

5.      Term related to Football – Cutback.

6.      Israel & Palestine war place – Gaza.

7.      India’s top export destination – UAE.

8.      RBI basis point is equal to – 1/100^th or 1%.

9.      Irina Bokova is associated with – UNESCO.

10. India buyed 200 tonnes of Gold from – IMF.

11. Stocks and bonds are trade – Capital Market.

12. Dorjee Khandu is CM of - Arunachal Pradesh.

13. Largest Producing Gas Company in India – RIL.

14. India is the 3^rd largest producer country in – Steel.

15. Service Tax is Shared by – Central Government.

16. First E-court in which state – Gujarat (Ahmedabad).

17. Dada Saheb Phalke award is given in the field – Films.

18. FTA released by – Ministry of Commerce & Industry.

19. Organization related to South Asia Nations – SAARC.

20. What is the target for fiscal deficit for 2010-11 – 5.5%.

21. What is the age group of New Pension Scheme – 18 to 60.

22. NTPC has explored projects in which country – Indonesia.

23. Reverse Mortgage scheme is related to – For Senior Citizens.

24. Which country has raised $7 billion loan to India – World Bank

25. Expand NREGA – National Rural Employment Guarantee Act.

26. In which place Commonwealth(CHOGM) Summit held – Trinidad.

27. For what Govt., is disinvesting PSE –Used against social Schemes.

28. Which cricketer completed 17,000 runs in ODI’s – Sachin Tendulkar.

29. Legend of Honor given to Lata Mangeshkar by which country – France.

30. Who is the PM of Nepal prior to Madhav Kumar – Pushpa kamal dahal.

31. Recently which of the following celebrated 20 years – Fall of Berlin Wall.

32. Which sector has recorded Highest growth in 2008-09 – Manufacturing Sector.

33. Rashtriya Swasti Bima Yojana is – Health insurance scheme for BPL families.

34. Organisation set up Committee under the Chairman of Narayana Murthy – SEBI

35. Who is represented for india in India – EU summit held in Delhi – Manmohan singh

36. World bank has given $4.3 Crores to India for Recapitalization of bank s is a – Soft loan.

37. Which country central bank has given $115 billion to its country to fight against crisis – Japan.

38. China has objected road construction in domchek, is in which state – Jammu &Kashmir.

39. World bank has given 500 Crores for Rural Poverty Reduction programme to which state – Andhra Pradesh.

40. Question related to Core banking Solutions - ?

41. Question BRIC nations – ?

42. Question on Sub Prime Crisis – ?

43. Question regarding IIP - ?

44. Question on Derivatives - ?

Note: Questions are incomplete. If you know more post in a comment box.

Current Affairs Quiz 2009 - 32

1. Who has been conferred the France highest civilian award (‘Legion d’Honneur) recently?

a)Satyajit Ray   b)Lata Mangeshkar   c)Amitabh Bachchan    d)Ratan Tata   e)Pratibha Patel

2. All Public Sector Banks in India must have a government shareholding of at least _____?

a)33%    b)49%    c)26%   d)51%   e)90%

3.  The Basel Committee recommendations which have been in news during the present financial crisis come under the aegis of _________?

a)IMF   b)ADB   c)World Bank   d)Federal Reserve   e)none 

4. Digambar Kamat was the chief minister of which of the following state?

a)Himachal Pradesh   b)Goa c)Kerala   d)Assam  e) Arunachal Pradesh 

5. Who won the ATP World Tour Finals held in London?

a)Robin Soderling    b)J M Del Potro    c)Nikolay Davydenko   d)Roger Federer   e)Rafael Nadal

6. Which of the following Organizations has propagated Self-Help Group (SHG)?

a)World Bank   b)NABARD   c)UNICEF    d)IRDA   e)UN

7. Which country won the 2009 World Cup of Golf?

a)Ireland   b)Sweden   c)Italy   d)Netherlands   e)US

8. On which of the following day ‘Hindi Day’ is observed?

a)Jan 26^th   b)May 14^th   c)Sep14^th   d)Aug  24^th   e)Aug 29^th

9. Ajit Singh was in news recently. He belongs to which party?

a)BJP   b)INC   c)BSP   d)SP   e)RLD

10. RBI has directed the banks to pay customers at the rate of Rs. 100 each day if they(banks) fail to reimburse the amount wrongfully debited due to failed ATM transactions within a max. Period of ____ days from the date of customer complaint?

a)1   b)2   c)5   d)7   e)12

11. Which city will host the 62^nd World Newspaper Congress meeting?

a)Mumbai   b)Kolkata   c)Chennai   d)Hyderabad   e)Lucknow

12. One of the Largest Automaker ‘Hyundai’ belongs to which country?

a)South Korea   b)Japan   c)China   d)Germany   e)Italy

13. A/c to the Economic Survey 2008-09, what percentage of people spending below Rs.20 per day in rural areas?

a)44%    b)50%   c)59%   d)65%   e)71%

14. The Longest Solar Eclipse of the 21^st century came on which of the following day in 2009?

a)June 21^st   b)July 21^st   c)July 22^nd   d)June 22^nd   e)July 11^th

15. Which of the following is not true regarding Union Budget 2009-10?

a)Minimum Alternate Tax(MAT) is increased to 15% of book profits from 10%.

b)5% custom duty on Set Top Box

c)FBT, CTT and Corporate tax are abolished

d)An increase of 144% to NREGA

e)All are true

16. Which of the two following two countries agreed to reduce their nuclear arsenals?

a)Italy-Switzerland    b)US-China    c)China-Russia   d)US-UK   e)Russia-US

17. Section 377 of the IPC deals with _________?

a)Business Fraud

b)Homosexuality

c)Child Labour

c)Lockup death

e)Ragging in Colleges

18. Which team has been adjudged as the Ceat International Team of the Year 2008-09?

a)Australia   b)India   c)South Africa   d)Srilanka   e)none of these

19. Government is planning to implement ‘Brain gain’ policy. What is the idea behind it?

a)To bring back Indian Scholars and Teachers from foreign Universities

b)To Educate the people in rural areas

c)To improve the standards of Education

d)To improve the education in North-Eastern states

e)Both a & c

20. ANUSAT is a ____________?

a)Polar Satellite   b)Communication Satellite   c)Surveillance Satellite   d)Radar Satellite   e)All the above

Note:

Answer for 3rd question : Bank of International Settlements.

5th question : Nikolay Davydenko beat J M Del Potro in ATP World Tour Finals.

15th question : Only FBT & CTT are abolished.Corporate tax remains Unchanged in the Budget.

18th question : 

Ceat International Cricketer of the Year & Test Batsmen of the Year : Gautam Gambhir

Ceat ODI Batsmen of the Year : Virendar Sehwag

Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Ajanta Mendis(Srilanka)

Ceat ODI Bowler of the Year : Mitchel Johnson(Australia)

Ceat Lifetime Achievement Award : EAS Prasanna(India).

Ceat Spirit of the Cricket Award : Thilan Samaraweera(Srilanka)

Ceat 300 wickets Felicitation Award : Harbhajan Singh.

Quiz on General Awareness 23

1. Government is holding 100% stake in which of the following Banks?

a)Vijaya Bank   b)Bank of India   c)Indian Bank   d)United Bank of India   e)Punjab & Sind Bank

2. The XX Commonwealth Games will be held at _________ ?

a)India, 2010   b)France, 2012   c)London, 2012   d)Scotland,2014   e)Vancouver, 2014

3. How many Crores are allocated for Indira Awas Yojana(IAY) in the Union Budget 09-10?

a)2,057   b)8,883   c)2,112   d)3,472   e)6,656

4. Which of the following are the two countries that Barack Obama scrapped the missile-defense shield favored by George W.Bush to protect Europe from Iranian missiles?

a)Poland, Czech Republic

b)Netherlands, Sweden

c)Austria, Spain

d)Czech Republic, Sweden

e)Poland, Spain

5. Who has been selected as ‘Umpire of the Year’ in ICC-Awards 2009?

a)Steve Buckner   b)Rudy Koertzen    c)Aleem Dar   d)Simon Taufel   e)none

6. For Which film ‘Uma Shree’ has been selected as Best Actress in 55^th National Film Awards-2009?

a)Kanchivaram    b)Gulabi Talkies   c)Gandhi My Father   d)Dharm   e)none

7. Which country will introduce a carbon tax to slash its green house gas emission?

a)India   b)Russia    c)China    d)Denmark   e)France

8. Many times we read the term ‘ECB’ in financial newspapers.What is the full form of ECB ?

a)Essential Commercial Borrowings

b)Essential Credit Borrowings

c)Essential Credit Business

d)External Commercial Borrowings

e)External Credit Business

9. Which Organization has sold 403.3 tonnes of gold for $13 billion to boost its lending capacity particularly to poor countries?

a)World Bank   b)Asian Development Bank   c)UNESCO    d)IMF   e)none

10.A/c to new Chairman of ISRO K.Radhakrishna, India would launch a manned moon mission in _______ ?

a)2013   b)2011    c)2012   d)2020   e)2015

11. How many billion US dollars are given to Pakistan as a military aid by US?

a)2.3    b)1.5   b)7.5   d)5.0   e)none

12. Which of the following is not a Himalayan state?

a)Arunachal Pradesh   b)Uttarakhand  c)Sikkim   d)Himachal Pradesh  e)none

13. Which country is hosting the BRIC Summit in 2010?

a)Brazil   b)Russia   c)India   d)China   e)none of these

14. Suez Canal is located in which of the following country ?

a)China   b)South Africa   c)Sudan  d)Egypt   e)Russia

15. POSCO is one of the largest Steel maker belongs to which of the following countries?

a)Russia   b)South Korea   c)Japan   d)China   e)France

16. Recently US has decided to deploy _________ more troops in Afghanistan?

a)21,000   b)8,000   c)13,000   d)11,000   e)5,000

17. Government has decided to increase its stake by 10% in Nationalized banks, which of the following bank does not come under this discussion?

a) Dena Bank   b)Bank of Baroda   c)Andhra Bank   d)Oriental Bank of Commerce  e)none

18. World Health Day is observed on?

a)April 7^th   b)March 15^th   c)March 7^th   d)April  18^th   e)March  3^rd

19. NTPC-BHEL power projects private limited, a 50:50 joint venture would set up the first power equipment manufacturing plant with an outlay of Rs.6,000 crore at Mannavaram, it is situated in which of the following state?

a)Uttar Pradesh   b)Gujarat   c)Andhra Pradesh   d)Karnataka   e)Maharashtra

20. Who is the Chairperson of Children Films Society?

a)Shabana Azmi   b)Nirupama Rao   c)Nandita Das   e)Meena Shankar   e)Shilpa Shetty.